Odd feeling in my head.

[Grace360]

So I have a pretty perpetual and ongoing fear that I'm just gonna drop d**d from a brain aneurysem. Mostly because of how unexpected it is. And certain symptoms I have will scare me even more in thinking this. Like a small, aching pain in the lower left side of my head that'll be gone in two seconds. Or the feeling of liquid spilling in my head and I think its something bursting. Even the head pressure. I've made a few posts about this but it still worries me so much. Sure I'm young but it still happens. Even to people younger than me. This fear always come along when I'm having fun, too. I got home from work. About to soak my feet because they hurt. Headphones in, listening to my jamz. Content. Then a symptom hits like those listed above and it gets ruined. Now I barely want to finish what I was doing.

 

[Grace360]

Bumpin

 

[anxiousinamerica]

So I have a pretty perpetual and ongoing fear that I'm just gonna drop d**d from a brain aneurysem. Mostly because of how unexpected it is. And certain symptoms I have will scare me even more in thinking this. Like a small, aching pain in the lower left side of my head that'll be gone in two seconds. Or the feeling of liquid spilling in my head and I think its something bursting. Even the head pressure. I've made a few posts about this but it still worries me so much. Sure I'm young but it still happens. Even to people younger than me. This fear always come along when I'm having fun, too. I got home from work. About to soak my feet because they hurt. Headphones in, listening to my jamz. Content. Then a symptom hits like those listed above and it gets ruined. Now I barely want to finish what I was doing.

When I was younger, both in sixth grade, and my junior year in high school, my class was given a reading assignment for the same book about a boy with a brain tumor. Both times, for months afterwards I was worried I had a brain tumor. I had no serious symptoms, but I would question every ache and pain...had the hardest time convincing myself it wasn't what I thought it was. I think I even went to the doctor to get checked. It's a pattern that has continued throughout my life, each br time being fixated on a different illness.

I don't have a solution, but there are things I have learned to do in the moment to mitigate those worried thoughts. One of those is to remind myself that these thoughts are only temporary. They come and go. When we're in the middle of them, it's easy to believe they'll never go away, but after a while, your mind will get bored and move on to something else. Each time those thoughts start to nag, just remind yourself of this. If you just ride them out, eventually they will subside.

Talking to someone you trust helps too. They might be able to break your thought cycle and help you see things from a different perspective.

Another thing to try is meditation. Just find a comfortable chair, put on some relaxing music and sit for 30 minutes. Focus on your breath. If the thoughts come by again, let them through, don't try to fight them, and eventually they will fade. With some practice, it's a good way to calm yourself when you're feeling overwhelmed.